The New South Wales Local Government Cultural Awards celebrate council cultural success. Award winners were announced on the evening of 29 April 2010. Here you can browse all nominated and winning projects for 2010.

Featured Projects

  • The Seven Peacekeepers

    Local community members meeting at Artwork site for additional workshops.

    The Seven Peacekeepers is a major artwork developed as part of the Crosscurrents - Georges River Artwalk. It is the first public art project of its scale in Bankstown, that has been developed with the…

  • PARTY IN THE PARK NYE 2009

    PARTY IN THE PARK NYE 2009, provided a location for children, teenagers, families and grandparents to celebrate New Years Eve as a community. The evening encouraged people to remain locally, instead of travelling to larger metropolitan centres to welcome in 2010. The Adventure Playground was modelled around children learning and discovering, with a strong dinosaur theme carried throughout the park representing Bathurst's unique Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum. Children were able to experience the new Adventure Playground’s rides and activities, whilst older members of the family could sit back and relax, listen to local performers and watch live children’s groups on stage.

    Resident’s of the Bathurst Region and surrounding areas were invited to come along and take part in the inaugural PARTY IN THE PARK NYE 2009 celebrations. As the first NYE community celebrations to…

  • Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio

    The Peacock Gallery's inaugural exhibition Moving Calligraphy...Visual Story Telling was produced by Auburn Community Development Network and evolved via a community cultural development process involving the Auburn Arabic Calligraphy Group, Chinese Calligraphy Group and local Indigenous artists.

    The Peacock Gallery & Auburn Arts Studio is the first arts specific facility in Auburn and houses one arts and craft studio, gallery space and an outdoor workshop area. This new space accommodates…

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Featured Videos

  • Archeology excavation
  • Meagan Interview.mov
  • Nicole Interview.mov
  • catapult.flv
  • Aidan Interview.mov
  • the seven peacekeepers.mp4
  • Glasshouse construction timelapse
  • DJ Aaron - From the Heart / first half
  • What I Think When I Think About Dancing - Rosie Dennis, Loving You in Public 2009
  • Miller Street Art Gallery - Uncle Steve Williams paints and talks
  • What I Think When I Think About Dancing - Brian Fuata and Agatha Gothe-Snape
  • The 2009 Catapult Festival
  • B Who U Want 2 B / first half

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Featured Photos

  • Artist Diamando Koutsellis guiding student to make shapes on clay.
  • This sandstone and brass sculpture celebrates the idea of the Pleasure Grounds - inspired by the Dance Hall at Lambeth Street and an existing image carved into a rock in the vicinity, possibly dating from the 1930s of a young "flapper".
  • Patsy Tong See holding tea cup at Families of Fortune exhibition May 2009 Photo courtesy of Tweed River Regional Museum
  • Catapult Gala Performance. City Hall transformed. Photo Courtesy Ben Morris
  • The exhibtion 1 July - 23 August 2010
  • Nadia Wheatley is a very popular local author who captivates the children wherever she presented her active talk.
  • On-line promotion for volunteering in the LMG
  • Student uses her wheelchair to produce the abstracted wheel marks mural
  • Entrance to the Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio at Auburn Botanical Gardens. The facility was named in honour of the 17 peacocks who roam freely around the site and sleep at the gallery footstep by night. Local artist, Michelle Tran, was commissioned by Auburn City Council to develop the logo and branding for the sight.
  • John A Douglas Ask Noeline... (not the ogre), 2009 Video installation Courtesy the artist & Chalk Horse, Sydney Installation photo: Silversalt
  • Brian Fuata and Agatha Gothe-Snape Showing of first stage of new interdisciplinary work commission for Campbelltown Arts Centre’s Interdisciplinary Project, as part of its 2009 - 2010 Contemporary Dance Program Courtesy the artists Photo: Heidron Lohr
  • Coonamble Art on Display at Campbelltown Arts Centre
  • Fiona Foley judge of 2009 Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award with winner of the $5000 acquisitive prize Danielle Burford

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The Blog

  • Wyong Forum - Change of Date

    14 July, 2010

    Join Wyong Shire Council in meeting the challenges of developing, designing and managing arts facilities, now on 27 August 2010, 9.30am – 12.30pm

  • Arts Forums for Councils

    23 June, 2010

    The Forum Series kicked off in Nowra on Monday, with 80 people coming from near and far. There’s still 10 Forums to go….

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Organised By

  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

Sponsors

  • Country Energy
  • accessibleArts. Arts + Disability NSW